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THE  ETHEL  CARR  PEACOCK 

MEMORIAL  COLLECTION 

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TRINITY  COLLEGE  LIBRARY 


DURHAM,  N.  C. 

1903 

Gift  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Dred  Peacock 


REPORT 


OF  THE 


State  Board  of  Education 

.  11 

FOR 


1889-90. 


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RALEIGH,  N.  C.: 

Josephus  Daniels,  State  Printer  and  Binder. 

Presses  of  Edwards  &  Broughton. 

1891. 


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REPORT 


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State  Board  of  Education, 

IFOIR  1889-’90. 


Raleigh,  N.  C.,  Dec.  24th,  1890. 

To  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives: 

The  report  of  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruc¬ 
tion  gives  a  detailed  account  of  the  operations  of  our 
Public  School  system.  The  Board  has  left  to  it  nothing 
more  to  report  than  its  operations  in  reference  to  the 
swamp  lands. 

Under  the  provisions  of  section  2524  of  The  Code,  and 
section  3,  chapter  70,  Laws  of  1885,  the  Board  have  prose¬ 
cuted  the  survey  and  location  of  their  lands,  and  have 
now  on  record  boundary  lines,  location  and  abstract  of 
titles  of  a  large  part  of  these  lands.  The  report  of  Gen¬ 
eral  W.  G.  Lewis,  the  Board’s  Agent  and  Engineer,  is 
herewith  sent  as  part  of  the  Board’s  report.  From  his 
report  it  may  be  seen  what  lands  have  not  been  surveyed, 
and  also  what  have  been  surveyed,  with  abstract  of  titles 
and  claims  of  private  individuals  within  the  boundaries. 

Section  4,  chapter  243,  Laws  of  1889,  is  as  follows: 

“That  section  two  thousand  five  hundred  and  twenty- 
nine  (2529)  of  The  Code  be  repealed,  and  that  the  State 
Board  of  Education  are  authorized  and  directed  to  sell 
and  convey  the  Swamp  Lands  at  public  or  private  sale  at 


such  times,  for  such  prices,  in  such  portions,  and  on  such 
terms  as  to  them  may  seem  proper:  Provided ,  however, 
they  shall  not  sell  at  a  price  less  than  twelve  and  one-half 
cents  per  acre;  And  provided  further ,  they  shall  report 
each  sale  to  the  next  session  of  the  General  Assembly.” 

Following  the  indications  of  the  General  Assembly  as 
shown  by  this  section,  the  Board  have  endeavored  to  sell 
their  lands.  They  have  found  it  necessary,  in  order  to 
satisfy  purchasers,  to  have  surveys  and  locations  as  com¬ 
plete  and  definite  as  possible,  and  they  have  found  that  it 
required  much  labor  and  research  to  set  forth  boundaries 
and  abstract  of  titles  in  a  way  to  satisfy  purchasers.  They 
have  sold  Durant’s  Island,  4,063  acres,  for  the  net  sum  of 
$3, 373. 11  after  deducting  commissions,  and  Simmons’ 
Bay,  8,913  acres,  for  the  sum  of  $6,729.31  after  deduct¬ 
ing  commissions.  These  sums,  amounting  to  $10,102.42, 
have  been  placed  to  the  credit  of  the  Educational  Fund 
in  the  State  Treasury.  To  effect  these  sales  an  option 
was  given  to  Mr.  Theo.  F.  Poole,  who  was  paid  a  com¬ 
mission  of  ten  per  cent.,  and  an  additional  five  per  cent, 
on  amounts  above  fifty  cents  per  acre. 

The  Board,  after  the  death  of  Mr.  Poole,  gave  an  option 
to  Hon.  C.  M.  Stedman  on  all  their  lands,  limiting  him  to 
a  minimum  price  of  fifty  cents  per  acre.  He  has  made, 
at  his  own  expense,  diligent  efforts  to  bring  these  lands 
to  the  notice  of  capitalists,  and  through  him  the  Board 
hopes  to  effect  the  sale  of  the  most  of  their  lands.  He 
has  recently  paid  the  Board,  under  a  special  contract,  at 
the  rate  of  45  cents  per  acre,  net,  $8,987.5  1,  and  executed 
the  note  of  The  Real  Estate  Investment  Company,  of 
Wilmington,  N.  C.,  for  $26,962.52  payable  six  months 
from  December  19th,  1890,  with  six  per  cent,  interest,  for 
Hyde  Park  and  other  lands  in  Hyde,  Tyrrell  and  Wash¬ 
ington  Counties,  amounting  to  79,889  acres.  The  Board 
have  given  the  Real  Estate  Investment  Company,  of  Wil¬ 
mington,  N.  C.,  bond  for  title  upon  the  payment  of  this 
note. 


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There  was  on  the  30th  of  November  last  to  the  credit 
of  the  Board  in  the  State  Treasury  $26,334.30,  which, 
added  to  the  note  ($26,962.52)  and  the  $8,987.51  above 
referred  to,  will  make  $62,284.33  available  and  prospective 
resources. 

Section  2531  of  The  Code  is  as  follows:  “It  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  State  Board  to  distribute  from  time  to 
time  all  the  funds  belonging  to  the  school  fund  instead  of 
making  any  further  investments.”  Under  this  section  it 
will  be  the  duty  of  the  Board  to  distribute  to  the  counties 
not  only  all  the  moneys  already  in  the  Treasury  to  their 
credit,  but  any  other  that  may  come  in  from  the  sale  of 
Swamp  Lands  from  time  to  time. 

The  Board  recommends  such  legislation  as  will  allow 
them  to  invest  these  funds  in  interest  bearing  securities 
as  a  permanent  fund,  the  interest  alone  to  be  used  for 
public  schools  as  the  Assembly  may  direct.  Nearly  all 
the  money  that  comes  now  to  the  State  Board  of  Educa¬ 
tion  is  from  entries  of  public  lands  and  from  the  sale  of 
swamp  lands,  and  the  Board  think  that  the  receipts  from 
these  sources  should  be  made  a  permanent  fund. 

DANIEL  G.  FOWLE, 
Governor  and  President  of  Board. 

S.  M.  FINGER,  Secretary. 


REPORT  OF  GEN.  W.  G.  LEWIS,  AGENT  AND 
ENGINEER  FOR  THE  YEARS  1889  AND  1890. 


Goldsboro,  N.  C.,  October  1st,  1890. 

To  the  Honorable  State  Board  of  Education : 

GENTLEMEN— I  have  the  honor  to  report  to  you  the 
work  I  have  done  as  your  Agent  and  Engineer  since  my 
last  report  of  December  1st,  1888. 


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I  have  surveyed  Dover  Pocoson  in  Jones  and  Craven 
Counties,  and  the  Carteret  County  Open  Lands,  and  the 
Newport  Pocoson  in  Carteret  County. 

DOVER  POCOSON,  JONES  AND  CRAVEN  COUNTIES. 

Dover  Pocoson  lies  about  one-half  in  Craven  County 
and  one-half  in  Jones  County.  It  extends  from  the  run 
of  Gum  Swamp,  at  a  point  about  one  mile  west  of  Dover 
village  on  the  Atlantic  and  North  Carolina  Railroad,  and 
about  one-fourth  of  a  mile  south  of  the  Atlantic  and 
North  Carolina  Railroad,  to  about  two  miles  of  Tuscarora, 
a  station  on  the  Atlantic  and  North  Carolina  Railroad. 

The  boundary  lines  of  this  tract  of  land,  beginning  in 
the  run  of  Gum  Swamp  near  the  line  of  the  Atlantic  and 
North  Carolina  Railroad,  makes  in  a  northerly  and  east¬ 
erly  direction  about  five  miles,  and  then  towards  the 
south  and  east,  and  crosses  the  Atlantic  and  North  Caro¬ 
lina  Railroad  a  second  time  at  the  west  border  of  Core 
Creek  Station,  and  returns  to  the  line  of  the  Atlantic  and 
North  Carolina  Railroad  again  about  two  and  a  half 
miles  east  of  Core  Creek  Station,  and  follows  the  line  of 
that  railroad  on  its  south  side  to  within  two  miles  of 
Tuscarora;  and  thence  deflects  to  the  southward,  and 
then  westward,  on  a  parallel  line,  in  Jones  County,  with 
the  Kinston  and  New  Berne  county  road,  and  on  an  aver¬ 
age  about  two  miles  to  the  northward  of  that  road,  to 
the  beginning. 

This  tract  contains  an  area  of  48,169  acres.  There  are 
on  it  72  claims,  aggregating  16,892  acres. 

The  Atlantic  and  North  Carolina  Railroad  passes 
through  it  about  seven  miles,  and  borders  it  about  three 
miles.  The  Trenton  and  Core.  Creek  Turnpike,  built  by 
convicts  in  1883  and  1884,  passes  through  and  very  near 
the  centre  of  Dover  Pocoson.  This  gives  easy  access  to 
the  body  of  the  swamp.  There  are  several  country  roads 
passing  through  it  and  bordering  it. 


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There  is  considerable  pine  timber,  some  cypress,  juni¬ 
per,  white  oak  and  ash  on  this  tract.  It  is  very  well 
adapted  to  raising  stock  of  all  kinds.  The  soil  is,  in  the 
opinion  of  the  writer,  better  suited  for  purposes  of  agri¬ 
culture  than  most  of  your  lands. 

The  Atlantic  and  North  Carolina  Railroad,  and  the 
turnpike  running  through  it,  and  the  country  roads  bor¬ 
dering  it,  make  it  accessible,  and  consequently  more  valua¬ 
ble.  Marl  of  very  good  quality  and  some  phosphates 
have  been  found  inside  of  the  boundary  lines. 

CARTERET  COUNTY  OPEN  LANDS. 

These  lands  are  situated  between  Core  Sound,  North 
River  and  Neuse  River,  and  bounded  on  the  east  by  the 
thoroughfare  which  connects  Core  Sound  with  Neuse 
River,  and  which  runs  to  the  westward  of  Cedar  Island  ; 
and  on  the  west  by  lines  of  old  grants  which  are  nearly 
parallel  to  the  Beaufort  and  South  Creek  Turnpike,  and 
a  short  distance  to  the  east  of  it. 

The  area  of  this  tract  is  110,047  acres.  The  claims  are 
2,290  acres. 

There  are  about  six  thousand  acres  of  excellent  timber 
and  agricultural  lands,  at  the  head  of  Nelson’s  Bay,  in 
this  tract.  There  is  also  a  good  body  of  timber  land  on 
South  River.  The  open  lands  are  well  adapted  to  rais¬ 
ing  cattle,  sheep  and  swine,  and  are  well  stocked  with 
deer,  bear  and  other  wild  game. 

This  tract  is  almost  entirely  surrounded  by  salt  water. 
In  these  waters  fish  of  all  kinds  which  inhabit  our  eastern 
sounds  and  rivers  and  bays  abound  without  limit,  and  the 
facilities  for  oyster  production  are  unsurpassed  in  any  of 
the  waters  of  the  United  States.  The  North  River 
oyster,  the  Nelson  Bay  oyster,  the  Jarrett’s  Bay  oyster, 
and  the  Piny  Point  oyster,  all  well  known  in  the  markets 
of  New  Berne  and  Beaufort,  and  as  well  in  Washington 


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and  Plymouth,  cannot  be  surpassed  in  flavor  and  in 
facility  of  raising  and  shipment  to  market.  The  waters 
in  which  these  oysters  are  cultivated  and  raised  lie  adjacent 
to  this  tract  of  land. 

NEWPORT  POCOSON,  CARTERET  COUNTY. 

This  tract  of  your  lands  lies  to  the  east  of  the  Atlantic 
and  North  Carolina  Railroad,  the  south  boundary  line 
being  about  three-fourths  of  a  mile  from  it  and  nearly 
parallel  with  it.  A  portion  of  this  land  extends  to  within 
one  mile  of  Newport,  a  village  on  the  Atlantic  &  North 
Carolina  Railroad,  situated  about  ten  miles  from  More- 
head  City  and  on  Newport  River. 

The  area  is  10,810  acres.  The  claims  are  2,285^  acres. 
There  are  a  few  bodies  of  good  timber  on  this  tract,  but 
the  larger  portion  of  it  is  open  land  with  the  usual  growth 
and  soil.  This  land  is  well  adapted  to  raising  cattle, 
sheep,  swine,  &c.  It  is  also  well  stocked  with  all  kinds  of 
wild  game,  both  large  and  small. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

The  results  of  planting  cranberries  in  Lake  Ellis,  Craven 
County,  by  Mr.  William  F.  Lewis,  after  the  lake  was 
drained,  and  the  planting  of  same  by  Mr.  Benjamin  Perry 
on  the  open  lands  of  Carteret  County,  indicate  that  all  of 
your  open  lands  are  very  valuable  for  the  production  of 
that  fruit.  It  always  brings  remunerative  prices  in  the 
markets  of  the  world,  and  there  seems  to  be  no  limit  to 
the  demand. 

The  reports  from  both  experimental  plantings  show 
that,  at  very  little  expense  and  with  very  little  cultivation, 
the  yield  was  most  satisfactory,  in  fact,  enormous. 

The  large  areas  of  your  different  tracts  of  land,  with 
the  advantages  stated  in  my  reports  to  your  honorable 
Board,  make  them  valuable  when  sold  in  entire  tracts. 


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UNSURVEYED  LANDS. 

I  respectfully  submit  a  statement  of  your  lands  not 
surveyed,  as  far  as  I  have  been  able  to  ascertain — 


In  Pender  and  Onslow  Counties,  8  tracts.  .  „  156,475  acres. 

In  Jones  County,  4  tracts .  12,800  “ 

In  Craven  County,  3  tracts _  36,478  “ 

Bladen  and  Sampson  Counties _  12,000  “ 


Total. _ _ -  217,753  acres. 


LAKES  IN  CRAVEN  AND  JONES  COUNTIES. 

I  will  again  venture  to  respectfully  ask  your  attention  to 
your  lakes  in  Craven  and  Jones  Counties.  I  respectfully 
refer  you  to  my  report  of  December  1st,  1886,  pages  1 6, 
17,  18. 

Since  that  report  was  made  Mr.  William  F.  Lewis  has 
sold  Little  Lake  for  a  good  price.  Inquiries  in  regard  to 
the  value  of  these  lakes  and  their  purchase  have,  of  late, 
increased. 

RECENT  RAILROADS  CONSTRUCTED  AND  PROJECTED, 

WHICH  WILL  MATERIALLY  ADD  TO  THE  VALUE  OF  YOUR 

LANDS. 

Since  my  last  report,  the  Albemarle  &  Raleigh  Railroad 
has  been  completed  by  the  Atlantic  Coast  Line  to  Ply¬ 
mouth.  The  construction  of  a  branch  railroad,  an  exten¬ 
sion  of  the  Scotland  Neck  Branch  of  the  same  line,  will 
soon  be  completed  to  Washington. 

Another  extension  of  the  same  line  is  in  contemplation. 
If  built,  it  will  be  located  from  Plymouth  or  Washington, 
via  Leechville  into  Hyde  County,  and  around  Mattamus- 
keet  Lake,  making  a  circuit  of  it.  This  railroad  will,  on 
either  route  from  Plymouth  or  Washington,  skirt  the 
south  and  west  borders  of  the  Plyde  Park  lands,  a  short 
distance  from  them,  for  about  twenty  miles.  It  will  also 


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skirt  the  Eli  Smallwood  lands  on  the  south  border  about 
ten  miles,  and  will  run  near  the  Vacant  Land  Tract  in 
Hyde  County. 

A  railroad,  the  Albemarle  &  Pantego,  has  been  recently 
completed  from  Mackey’s  Ferry,  in  Washington  County, 
to  Pantego,  in  Beaufort  County,  and  will,  in  a  very  short 
time,  be  extended  to  Jack’s  Neck  on  Pungo  River,  about 
six  miles  below  Leechville. 

This  railroad  is  located  near  the  north-west  border  of 
the  Hyde  Park  lands.  It  is  connected  with  the  Norfolk 
Southern  Railroad  by  tugs  and  barges,  from  Mackey’s 
Ferry  across  Albemarle  Sound  to  Edenton,  without  break¬ 
ing  bulk  of  freight.  The  Norfolk  Southern  connects  with 
the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  System  across  Chesapeake 
Bay  in  a  like  way. 

The  Pennsylvania  Railroad  System  makes  direct  con¬ 
nection  with  Philadelphia,  New  York,  Boston  and  other 
large  cities  of  the  North  and  West. 

These  railroads  and  their  connections  will  add  materi¬ 
ally  to  the  accessibility  to  your  lands  surveyed  in  Hyde 
and  Tyrrell  Counties,  and,  as  a  sequence,  to  their  value. 

The  Wilmington,  Onslow  &  East  Carolina  Railroad 
will,  in  a  very  short  time,  be  completed  to  Jacksonville, 
the  county  seat  of  Onslow,  and  will  thence  be  continued 
to  New  Berne,  and  further  north  probably. 

The  track,  now  in  running  order,  skirts  Holly  Shelter 
Swamp  very  close  to  its  borders  about  twenty  miles.  When 
it  is  built  on  to  New  Berne  it  will  skirt  White  Oak  Swamp 
about  fifteen  miles,  or  pass  through  it  about  eight  to  ten 
miles.  If  carried  on  to  Washington,  which  is  very  prob¬ 
able,  it  will  pass  near  some  of  your  unsurveyed  tracts  in 
Craven  and  Beaufort  Counties. 

The  completion  of  the  Wilmington,  Onslow  &  East 
Carolina  Railroad  will  add  very  much  to  the  value  of  your 
unsurveyed  and  surveyed  lands  in  Onslow,  Jones,  Craven 
and  Beaufort  Counties. 


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SUMMARY  OF  AREAS  AND  CLAIMS  OF  SURVEYED  TRACTS. 

Angola  Bay,  Pender  and  Duplin  Counties,  area  44,192 
acres;  claims  26,  4,029  acres. 

*  Simmons  Bay,  Columbus  County,  area  11,373  acres; 
claims  27,  2,460  acres. 

*  Hyde  Park  lands,  Hyde  County,  area  105,829  acres; 
claims  13,  16,563  acres. 

Josiah  Collins  Grant,  Tyrrell  County,  area  62,056  acres; 
claims  20,  5,677  acres. 

John  Gray  Blount  Grant,  Tyrrell  County,  area  58,192 
acres;  claims  37,  15,887  acres. 

Dover  Pocoson,  Craven  and  Jones  Counties,  area  48,169 
acres;  claims  72,  16,892  acres. 

Newport  Pocoson,  Carteret  County,  area  10, .810  acres; 
claims  14,  2,285^  acres. 

Open  lands,  Carteret  County,  area  110,047  acres; 
claim  7,  3,290  acres. 

'“Durant’s  Island,  Dare  County,  area  4,063  acres  ;  claims 
17,  f  acres. 

Vacant  lands,  Hyde  County,  area  13,686  acres; 
claims  o. 

Eli  Smallwood  lands,  Hyde  County,  area  53,288  acres  ; 
claims' 3,  27,300  acres. 

Of  the  claims  on  the  Eli  Smallwood  lands,  I  wish  to 
state  that  at  the  time  the  report  of  the  surveys  of  these 
lands,  the  only  claim  known  was  for  two  hundred  acres. 
Since  that  time  claims  have  been  made  for  27,100,  which 
aggregates  27,300  acres  of  claims. 

I  respectfully  submit  to  your  honorable  Board  complete 
extracts  of  titles  to  all  of  your  lands  I  have  surveyed 
since  being  in  your  service.  These  abstracts  are  marked 
Appendix  A. 

I  have  recorded  in  my  record  book  the  courses,  dis¬ 
tances  and  corners  of  all  the  boundary  lines  of  all  the 
tracts  I  have  surveyed,  giving  areas  of  each  tract,  and 


*  Sold. 


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claims  on  each,  also  abstract  of  titles  of  each.  I  also 
have  arranged  copies  of  all  the  field  notes  taken  during 
the  surveys,  including  topographical  and  otherwise. 

The  maps  and  duplicate  tracings  of  each  tract  have 
been  turned  in  to  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 

I  also  have  copies  and  certified  copies  of  grants,  sheriffs’ 
deeds  and  other  deeds  bearing  on  your  lands,  and  many 
papers  of  value  in  regard  to  the  surveyed  and  unsurveyed 
lands,  the  property  of  your  Honorable  Board,  which  I 
will  turn  over  in  good  order  whenever  you  direct  it. 

Hoping  this  report  of  my  work  will  be  satisfactory  and 
approved  by  your  honorable  Board, 

I  am  very  truly, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

W.  G.  LEWIS, 
Agent  &  Engineer. 


ANGOLA  BAY,  DUPLIN  AND  PENDER  COUNTIES — AB¬ 
STRACT  OF  TITLES. 

I.  Vacant  swamp  lands,  not  covered  by  grants. 

SIMMONS’  BAY,  GUM  SWAMP,  &C.,  COLUMBUS  COUNTY — 
ABSTRACT  OF  TITLES. 

i.  Vacant  swamp  lands,  not  covered  by  grants. 

HYDE  PARK  LANDS,  HYDE  AND  TYRRELL  COUNTIES — 
ABSTRACT  OF  TITLES. 

1.  Grant. — To  John  Hall,  No.  317,  dated  2d  of  January, 
1795  ;  acres  195,840. 

Recorded  in  Secretary  of  State’s  office,  Book  85,  page 
325,  and  in  Register’s  office,  Hyde  County,  “  Grant 
Book,”  page  351. 

2.  Deed.— Tax  sale,  James  Watson,  Sheriff  of  Hyde 
County,  to  Ed.  Harris,  dated  27th  day  of  February,  1801  ; 
acres  195,840. 


Recorded  in  Book  L,  pages  301,  &c.,  Register’s  office, 
Hyde  County. 

3.  Deed. — Tax  sale,  Samuel  Selby,  Sheriff  of  Hyde 
County,  to  John  G.  Blount,  dated  27th  day  of  Febrnary, 
1801  ;  acres  195,840. 

Recorded  in  Register’s  office,  Hyde  County,  Book  L, 
pages  306,  &c. 

4.  Deed. — Ed.  Harris  to  William  Orr,  dated  7th  day  of 
March,  1801  ;  acres  56,250. 

Recorded  in  Register’s  office,  Hyde  County,  Book  L, 
pages  417  and  418. 

5.  Deed. — Tax  sale,  James  Watson,  Sheriff  of  Hyde 
County,  to  the  Governor,  dated  1st  day  of  September, 
1801  ;  acres  56,250. 

Recorded  in  Register’s  office,  Hyde  County,  Book  5, 
page  358. 

6.  Deed. — William  A.  Blount  to  State  of  North  Carolina, 
dated  28th  day  of  November,  1840. 

Recorded  in  Register’s  office,  Hyde  County,  Book  4, 
pages  197  and  198. 

7.  Deed. — Thomas  H.  Blount  and  others,  to  President 
and  Directors  of  Literary  Fund,  dated  19th  day  of  June, 
1841. 

Recorded  in  Register’s  office,  Hyde  County,  Book  1, 
pages  497,  498  and  499. 

8.  Deed. — Thomas  H.  Blount  and  others,  to  President 
and  Directors  of  Literary  Board,  dated  19th  day  of  June, 
1841. 

Recorded  in  Register’s  office  Hyde  County,  Book  7, 
pages  9,  10,  11. 

9.  Deed. — John  R.  Donnell  and  others,  to  President 
and  Directors  of  Literary  Board,  dated  1st  day  of  July, 
1838. 

Recorded  in  Register’s  office,  Hyde  County,  Book  Y, 
pages  ill,  1 1 2. 


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10.  Deed. — -John  R.  Donnell  and  others,  to  President 
and  Directors  of  Literary  Fund,  dated,  1st  day  of  July, 
1838.  . 

Recorded  in  Register’s  office,  Hyde  County,  Book  Y, 
pages  1 1 5,  1 16,  1 17,  118,  1 19. 

1 1.  Grant. — To  Allen  Jones  and  William  R.  Davie,  No. 
250,  dated  17th  day  of  November,  1788;  acres  2,500. 

Recorded  in  Secretary  of  State’s  office,  Book  70,  page 
2,  and  in  Register’s  office  Tyrrell  County,  Book  10,  page 

286. 

12.  Grant. — To  Allen  Jones  and  William  R.  Davie,  No. 
25  1,  dated  17th  day  of  November,  1788;  acres  5,000. 

Recorded  in  Secretary  of  State’s  office,  Book  70,  page 

2,  and  in  Register’s  office,  Tyrrell  County,  Book  10,  pages 
186,  &c. 

13.  Grant. — To  Allen  Jones  and  William  R.  Davie,  No. 

252,  dated  17th  day  of  November,  1788;  acres  5,000. 
Recorded  in  Secretary  of  State’s  office,  Book  70,  page 

3,  and  in  Register’s  office,  Tyrrell  County,  Book  10,  page 

287. 

14.  Grant. — To  AJlen  Jones  and  William  R.  Davie,  No. 

253,  dated  17th  day  of  November,  1788;  acres  5,000. 
Recorded  in  Secretary  of  State’s  office,  Book  70,  page 

4,  and  in  Register’s  office,  Tyrrell  County,  Book  10,  page 

288. 

15.  Grant. — To  Allen  Jones  and  William  R.  Davie,  No. 

254,  dated  17th  day  of  November,  1788;  acres  5,000. 
Recorded  in  Secretary  of  State’s  office,  Book  70,  page 

5,  and  in  Register’s  office,  Tyrrell  County,  Book  10, 'pages 
288,  &c. 

16.  Deed. — Tax  sale,  James  Hoskins,  Sheriff  of  Tyrrell 
County,  to  the  Governor,  dated  21st  day  of  September, 
1808  ;  acres  22,500. 

Recorded  in  Register’s  office,  Tyrrell  County,  Book  22, 
pages  291  and  292. 

1 7.  Vacant  swamp  lands,  not  covered  by  grant. 


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ELI  SMALLWOOD  LANDS,  HYDE  COUNTY — ABSTRACT  OF 

TITLES. 

1.  Grant. — To  John  Hall,  No.  317,  dated  2d  day  of 
January,  1795  ;  acres  195,840. 

Recorded  in  Secretary  of  State’s  office,  Book  85,  page 
329,  and  in  Register’s  office,  Hyde  County,  “  Grant  Book,” 
page  351. 

2.  Deed. — Tax  sale,  James  Watson,  Sheriff  of  Hyde 
County,  to  Ed.  Harris,  dated  27th  day  of  February,  1801  ; 
acres  195,840. 

Recorded  in  Register’s  office,  Hyde  County,  Book  L, 
pages  301,  &c. 

3.  Deed. — Tax  sale,  Samuel  Selby,  'Sheriff  of  Hyde 
County,  to  John  G.  Blount,  dated  27th  day  of  February, 
1 801  ;  acres  195,840. 

Recorded  in  Register’s  office,  Hyde  County,  Book  L, 
pages  306,  &c. 

4.  Deed. — Eli  Flarris  and  others,  to  Eli  Smallwood  and 
others,  dated  4th  day  of  February,  1815. 

Recorded  in  Register’s  office,  Hyde  County,  Book  X, 
pages  285,  286,  287  and  288. 

5.  Deed. — Edward  Graham  to  Eli  Smallwood,  dated  5th 
day  of  January,  1820. 

Recorded  in  Register’s  office,  Hyde  County,  Book  X, 
pages  296  and  297. 

6.  Deed.— Execution  sale,  B.  M.  Selby,  Sheriff  of  Hyde 
County,  to  Eli  Smallwood  and  others,  dated  15th  day  of 
June,  1820. 

Recorded  in  Register’s  office,  Hyde  County,  Book  X, 
pages  288,  289,  290,  291  and  292. 

7.  Deed. —  Execution  sale,  H.  S.  Spencer,  Sheriff  of  Hyde 
County,  to  Eli  Smallwood,  dated  7th  day  of  November, 
1837. 

Recorded  in  Register’s  office,  Hyde  County,  Book  X, 
pages  292,  293,  294,  295  and  296. 


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8.  Deed. — Eli  Smallwood  to  President  and  Directors  of 
Literary  Fund,  dated  22d  day  of  August,  1838. 

Recorded  in  Register’s  office,  Hyde  County,  Book  Y, 
pages  442  and  443. 

VACANT  LANDS,  HYDE  COUNTY — ABSTRACT  OF  TITLES 

I.  Vacant  swamp  lands,  not  covered  by  grants. 

JOHN  GRAY  BLOUNT  LANDS,  TYRRELL  COUNTV — AB 
STRACT  OF  TITLES. 

1.  Grant. — To  John  Gray  Blount,  No.  671,  dated  25th 
day  of  February,  1796;  acres  50,000. 

Recorded  in  Secretary  of  State’s  office,  Book  89,  page 
397,  and  in  Register’s  office,  Tyrrell  County,  Book  12, 
pages  313,  &c. 

2.  Deed. — Tax  sale,  James  Hoskins,  Sheriff  Tyrrell 
County,  to  the  Governor,  dated  28th  day  of  October,  1800. 

Recorded  in  Superior  Court  Clerk’s  office  in  an  old 
“  Will  Book.” 

JOSIAH  COI  LINS  LANDS,  TYRRELL  COUNTY-- ABSTRACT 

OF  TITLES. 

1.  Grant. — To  Collins,  Allen  &  Dickinson,  No.  423, 
dated  30th  day  of  November,  1788;  acres  5,000. 

Recorded  in  the  Secretary  of  State’s  office,  Book  64, 
page  480,  and  in  Register’s  office,  Tyrrell  County,  Book 
10,  page  262. 

2.  Grant. — To  Josiah  Collins,  No.  687,  dated  9th  day  of 
July,  1796;  acres  60,000. 

Recorded  in  Secretary  of  State’s  office,  Book  88,  page 
406,  and  in  Register’s  office,  Tyrrell  County,  Book  12, 
pages  174  and  175. 

3.  Deed — Tax  sale,  James  Hoskins,  Sheriff  of  Tyrrell 
County,  to  the  Governor,  dated  25th  day  of  September, 
181 1. 

Recorded  in  Superior  Court  Clerk’s  office,  Tyrrell 
County,  in  an  old  “Will  Book.” 


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4.  Deed. — Tax  sale,  Jessie  Alexander,  Sheriff  of  Tyrrell 
County,  to  the  Governor,  dated  i  ith  day  of  October, 
1813  ;  acres  4, coo. 

Recorded  in  Register’s  office,  Tyrrell  County,  Book  13, 
pages  287  and  288. 

DURANT’S  ISLAND,  DARE  COUNTY— ABSTRACT  OF  TITLE. 

1.  Vacant  swamp  lands,  not  covered  by  grants. 

DOVER  POCOSON,  CRAVEN  AND  JONES  COUNTIES — 
ABSTRACT  OF  TITLES. 

1.  Grant. — To  David  Allison,  Assignee  of  John  G. 
Blount,  No.  819,  dated  14th  day  of  November,  1795; 
acres  19,200. 

Recorded  in  Secretary  of  State’s  office,  Book  89,  page 
130,  and  in  Register’s  office,  Craven  County,  in  “Grant 
Book,"  No.  3,  page  82. 

2.  Grant. — To  David  Allison,  Assignee  of  John  G. 
Blount,  No.  821,  dated  26th  day  of  November,  1795; 
acres  2,800. 

Recorded  in  Secretary  of  State’s  office,  Book  89,  page 
262,  and  in  Register’s  office,  Craven  County,  in  “Grant 
Book,”  page  86. 

3.  Grant — To  David  Allison,  No.  501,  dated  27th  day 
of  December,  1794;  acres  1,280. 

Recorded  in  Secretary  of  State’s  office,  Book  76,  page 
520,  and  in  Register’s  office,  Jones  County,  Book  1, 
page  102. 

4.  Grant. — To  David  Allison,  No.  504,  dated  27th  day 
of  December,  1794;  acres  5,120. 

Recorded  in  Secretary  of  State’s  office,  Book  76,  page 
522,  and  in  Register’s  office,  Jones  County,  Book  1, 
page  104. 

5.  Grant. — To*  David  Allison,  No.  505,  dated  27th  day 
of  December,  1794;  acres  13,705. 


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Recorded  in  Secretary  of  State’s  office,  Book  76,  page 
523,  and  in  Register’s  office,  Jones  County,  Book  1, 
page  105. 

6.  Grant. — To  David  Allison,  No.  548,  dated  3d  day  of 
June,  1795  ;  acres  640. 

Recorded  in  Secretary  of  State’s  office,  Book  87,  page 

262,  and  in  Register’s  office,  Jones  County,  Book  1, 
page  150. 

7.  Grant. — To  David  Allison,  No.  549,  dated  30th  day 
of  June,  1794;  acres  14,720. 

Recorded  in  Secretary  of  State’s  office,  Book  87,  page 

263,  and  in  Register’s  office,  Jones  County,  Book  I, 
page  1 5  1. 

8.  Grant. — To  David  Allison,  No.  551,  dated  30th  day 
of  June,  1795;  acres  1,280. 

Recorded  in  Secretary  of  State’s  office,  Book  87,  page 

264,  and  in  Register’s  office,  Jones  County,  Book  1, 
page  152. 

9.  Grant. — To  David  Allison,  No.  615,  dated  9th  day 
of  December,  1795;  acres  1,920. 

Recorded  in  Register’s  office,  Jones  County,  Book  1, 
page  154. 

10.  Grant.— To  David  Allison,  No.  61 5,  dated  26th  day 
of  February,  1796;  acres  640. 

Recorded  in  Secretary  of  State’s  office,  Book  89,  page 
399,  and  in  Register’s  office,  Jones  County,  Book  1, 
page  161. 

1 1.  Grant. — To  David  Allison,  No.  618,  dated  27th  day 
of  March,  1796;  acres  640. 

Recorded  in  Secretary  of  State’s  office,  Book  89,  page 
496,  and  in  Register’s  office,  Jones  County,  Book  1, 
page  164. 

[2.  Deed. — Tax  sale,  Stephen  Harris,  Sheriff  of  Craven 
County,  to  the  Governor,  dated  25th  day  of  September, 
1801  ;  acres  19,200. 

Recorded  in  Secretary  of  State’s  office,  Book  1  1  1,  page 


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hi,  and  in  Register’s  office,  Craven  County,  Book  “  Sher¬ 
iff’s  Deeds,”  pages  12  and  13. 

13.  Deed. — Tax  sale,  Stephen  Harris,  Sheriff  of  Craven 
County,  to  the  Governor,  dated  25th  day  of  September, 
1801  ;  acres  2,800. 

Recorded  in  Secretary  of  State’s  office,  Book  1  t  1 ,  page 
1 13,  and  in  Register’s  office,  Craven  County,  Book  “  Sher¬ 
iff’s  Deeds,”  pages  14  and  15. 

14.  Deed. — Tax  sale,  Edmond  Hatch,  Sheriff  of  Jones 
County,  to  the  Governor,  dated  26th  day  of  November, 
1800 ;  acres  89,800. 

Recorded  in  Secretary  ol  State's  office,  Book  117,  page 
291,  and  in  Register’s  office,  Jones  County,  Book  3,  “  New 
Series,”  page  354. 

15.  Vacant  swamp  lands,  not  covered  by  grants. 

CARTERET  COUNTY  OPEN  LANDS,  CARTERET  COUNTY — 
ABSTRACT  OF  TITLES. 

1.  Grant.— To  David  Allison,  No.  356,  dated  29th  day 
of  July,  1793  ;  acres  62,720. 

Recorded  in  Secretary  of  State’s  office,  Book  88,  page 
1,  and  in  Register’s  office,  Carteret  County,  Book  M, 
page  184. 

2.  Grant. —  To  David  Allison,  No.  387,  dated  10th  day 
of  November,  1795;  acres  8,960. 

Recorded  in  Secretary  of  State’s  office,  Book  89,  page 
127,  and  in  Register’s  office,  Carteret  County,  Book  N, 
page  1. 

3.  Grant. — To  David  Allison,  No.  387,  dated  7th  day 
of  September,  1795;  acres  5,760. 

Recorded  in  Secretary  of  State’s  office,  Book  88,  page 
68,  and  in  Register’s  office,  Carteret  County,  Book  M, 
page  185. 

4.  Grant. — To  David  Allison,  No.  388,  dated  10th  day 
of  November,  1795;  acres  9,600. 


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Recorded  in  Secretary  of  State’s  office,  Book  89,  page 
12S,  and  in  Register’s  office,  Carteret  County,  Book  N, 
page  2. 

5.  Grant. — To  David  Allison,  No.  399,  dated  27th  day 
of  March  1796;  acres  576. 

Recorded  in  Secretary  of  State’s  office,  Book  88,  page 

333,  and  in  Register’s  office,  Carteret  County,  Book  N, 
page  51. 

6.  Grant. — To  David  Allison,  No.  400,  dated  27th  day 
of  March,  1796;  acres  4,480. 

Recorded  in  Secretary  of  State’s  office,  Book  88,  page 

334,  and  in  Register’s  office,  Carteret  County,  Book  N, 
page  52. 

7.  Deed, —  David  Allison  to  Joshua  B.  Bond,  dated 
March  16th,  1796. 

Recorded  in  Register’s  office,  Carteret  County,  Book 
N,  page  160. 

8.  Deed. — Joshua  B.  Bond  to  Gideon  Dennison,  dated 
March  6th,  1797. 

Recorded  in  Register’s  office,  Carteret  County,  Book 
N,  page  165. 

9.  Deed. —  Tax  sale,  Elijah  Bell,  Sheriff  of  Carteret 
County,  to  the  Governor,  dated  29th  day  of  January, 
1S00;  acres  46,770. 

Recorded  in  Superior  Court  Clerk’s  office,  Carteret 
County,  Boole  “  No  name,”  page  1. 

10.  Deed. — Tax  sale,  Elijah  Bell,  Sheriff  of  Carteret 
County,  to  the  Governor,  dated  18th  day  of  November 
1800 ;  acres  81,280. 

Recorded  in  Secretary  of  State’s  office,  Book  109,  page 
388 ;  and  in  Superior  Court  Clerk's  office,  Carteret  County, 
Book  No  name,”  page  5. 

11.  Vacant  swamp  lands,  not  covered  by  grants. 


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NEWPORT  POCOSIN,  CARTERET  COUNTY  —ABSTRACT  OF 

TITLES. 

1.  Grant. — To  David  Allison,  No.  405,  dated  27th  day 
of  March,  1796;  acres  8,320. 

Recorded  in  Secretary  of  State’s  office,  Book  88,  page 
334;  and  in  Register’s  office,  Carteret  County,  Book  N, 
page  53. 

2.  Deed. — Tax  sale,  Elijah  Bell,  Sheriff  of  Carteret 
County,  to  the  Governor,  dated  29th  day  of  January,  1800  ; 
acres  46,720. 

Recorded  in  Superior  Court  Clerk’s  office,  Carteret 
County,  Book  “No  name,”  page  1. 


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